Anna Positano

Photographer

Works

  • Architecture
  • Interiors
  • Cities
  • Building Sites
  • Installations and Things

Publications

  • Magazines
  • Books

Projects

  • Sedimenta
  • Skopje. A Transitional Model
  • Right Here
  • Spaghetti Junction
  • Bagài
  • Addis Ababa. The Awakening City
  • When We Were Kids, It Was a Missile Base
  • Night Walks
  • Growth
  • Singular Memory in the Collective Building

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Education

2009 MA Photography, London College of Communication
2000-2008 Degree in Architecture (BArch + MArch), University of Genoa

Experience

Freelance Photographer (January 2010 – Present)
Self-employed freelance photographer and videomaker, works under commission for architects and magazines

Photographer at Ge-nova Fotografiassociati (January 2009 – December 2012)
Cultural Heritage Photography. Reproduction of artworks, production and post-production of photographs for museum catalogues and books

Photographer and project assistant at DisorderDrama (January 2004 – Present)
Leading photography workshops, event photographer, assistance in projects development

Adjunct Professor at University of Genoa (February 2012 – March 2013)
Lecturing and developing projects at course of Architecture Planning – Faculty of Engineering

Solo Exhibitions & Projects

2015 Mapas². Right Here–Santa Fé, Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy. With Giuditta Nelli
Propriu Quì–Ajaccio, Frac Corse – Espace Diamant, Ajaccio, Francia. Curated by Anne Alessandri

2014 Mapas². Right Here–Santa Fé, Galería del Cine Teatro Oasis, La Habana, Cuba. With Giuditta Nelli

2013 Right Here | Proprio qui, Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa. Curated by Anna Daneri
Proprio qui–Clavesana, Angelo Ruga Cultural Association, Clavesana. Curated by Anna Daneri

2012 Luoghi delle Memorie, Angelo Ruga Cultural Association, Clavesana. Curated by Anna Daneri
Stanze, Motel B, Brescia. Curated by Motel B Collective

2011 Growth_botanizzare l’asfalto, CHAN Gallery, Genoa. Curated by Carlotta Pezzolo and Hilda Ricaldone

2008 Singular Memory in the Collective Building, Grrrzetic, Genoa. Curated by Silvana Ghersetti

2007 The Loud Bunch, Spazio Polivalente Sala Sivori, Genoa. Curated by Alberto Terrile

Group Exhibitions & Projects (selection)

2015
Sacri Monti e altre storie. Architettura come racconto, Triennale Xtra – Castello di Masnago, Varese, Italy. Curated by Claudia Tinazzi with Massimo Ferrari (forthcoming exh cat)
La Tunisia, Gigantic, Off Mediterranea 17 Young Artists Biennnial, Milan, Italy. Curated by Fabrizio Vatieri and Laura Lecce with Marco Trulli
Exposed Project, Forma Meravigli, Milan, Italy

2014
Innesti-Grafting, Padiglione Italia, 14. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Venice, Italy. Curated by Cino Zucchi (exh cat)
Sinfonie Urbane, Careof/DOCVA, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy. Curated by Exposed Project with Matteo Balduzzi and Marta Ferretti
Pelagica, SI Fest, Savignano, Italy. Curated by Fabrizio Vatieri and Laura Lecce
Spazio_Fotografia_Architettura, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy. Curated by Marco Introini with Giulia Flavia Baczynski

2013
Vers un Climat. Building (with) the Unstable, John Cartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca USA. Curated by AWP Agence de Reconfiguration Territoriale (exh cat)
La Défense 2020, La Défense, Paris. Curated by AWP Agence de Reconfiguration Territoriale
Viaggio in Italia?, Galleria Browning, Asolo. Curated by Steve Bisson

2012
L’architettura del mondo. Infrastrutture, mobilità, nuovi paesaggi, La Triennale, Milano. Curated by Alberto Ferlenga (exh cat)
E Lusine, FRAC Corse, Corte. Curated by Anne Alessandri, Sandra Solimano and Leonardo Boscani
E Lusine, Espace St. Jacques [in partnership with FRAC Corse], Bonifacio. Curated by Anne Alessandri, Sandra Solimano and Leonardo Boscani
Citizenship. La giovane fotografia italiana racconta la cittadinanza, Fotografia Europea, Officina delle Arti – Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia. Curated by Daniele De Luigi
Citizenship. La giovane fotografia italiana racconta la cittadinanza, City Slideshow, Torino. Curated by Daniele De Luigi
Prospettive Variabili. de/generazioni della fotografia italiana contemporanea [project QD], Expo-Lab, Bari. Curated by Andrea Botto and Alessandro Cirillo
Creative Cities. La sostenibilità urbana e lo sviluppo creativo delle città, Sala Dogana – Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. Curated by Martina Starnini

2011
Milano, un minuto prima. Nuove visioni di una città [project QD], Forma Galleria, Milan. Curated by Matteo Balduzzi, Anna Rinaldo, Giulia Tornari e Francesco Zanot (exh cat)
…Erba e fior che la gonna…, Vision Quest Gallery, Genoa. Curated by Clelia Belgrado and Caterina Gualco (exh cat)
Rapallo Fotografia Contemporanea – Open Space, Antico Castello sul Mare, Rapallo. Curated by Andrea Botto

2010
20+10 Scatti per la Città di Alba, spazio espositivo Giors Melanotte, Alba. Curated by Emanuela Giudice, words by Ernesta Caviola

2009
MA Photography 2009 Final Show, The Gallery, London College of Communication, London. Curated by Anne Williams and Carey Young (exh cat)
A Distance Between, Pebbledash Gallery, London. Curated by Olivia McGilchrist
Percorrendo la Luce, Palazzo Comunale, Sestri Levante. Curated by Lanfranco Colombo
Sospeso 0.0, Anyway Gallery, Genoa. Curated by Roberta Gucci Cantarini, Christian Tripodina and Matteo Casari
VOL.9, Sasson Gallery, London. Curated by Holly Simpson
Interim Show, Atrium Gallery, London College of Communication, London. Curated by Anne Williams and Carey Young

2008
Officine Fotografiche | Rétro, Anyway Gallery, Genoa. Curated by Anna Positano and Matteo Casari
Quarto Occhio!, Ospedale Psichiatrico di Quarto, Genoa. Curated by Fabrizio Boggiano (exh cat)

2007
Da Nord a Sud e Ritorno, Palazzo Rosso, Genoa. Curated by Filippo Gianetta

2006
Illegal Arts Show, LSOA Buridda, Genoa. Curated by Cesare Bignotti

Published Work (selection)

2016
Ferrari, Massimo, ‘La misura ritrovata’, Casabella, n 863-864, july-august

2015
Eshi significa tutto ok, artist’s book, Paris: Onestar Press with Peep-Hole
“Heterotopia After Function. Footnotes”. In Psychiatric Hospitals, curato da Vittorio Pizzigoni e Valter Scelsi. Genova: Araldica
Bucci, Federico (ed.), Mantovarchitettura/Uno, Mantova: Corraini
Tinazzi, Claudia (ed.), Sacri Monti e altre storie. Architettura come racconto, Catanzaro: Rubbettino
Mapas2, exh. cat. Genova: DisorderDrama (with Giuditta Nelli)

2014
Zucchi, Cino e Bassoli, Nina (eds.), Innesti-Grafting. Italy. A Contemporary Landscape, exh cat, Venezia: Marsilio
‘The Awakening City’, Domus (web), march

2013
AA.VV., Vers un Climat. Building (with) the Unstable, exh cat, Ithaca: Lab Press
AA.VV., La Défense. Le Futur des Espaces Public, hors-série L’Architecture d’Aujourd’Hui Perspectives
Geslin, Félicie, ‘Une station d’épuration à vocation pédagogique’, Le Moniteur, n 5740, november
Mevel, Nadège, ‘Station d’épuration’, Exé, n 13, july-august-september
Braghieri, Nicola, ‘Reconciling Machine’, Casabella, n 823, march
Miselli, Riccardo, Genova A/R. Una città-laboratorio per la residenza collettiva, Siracusa: Lettera22

2012
Braghieri, Nicola, Bucci, Federico and Fassina, Eleonora ‘London 2012, the Running City. Olympic and Paralympic Games’, Casabella, n 815-816, july-august
Ferlenga, Alberto, Biraghi, Marco e Albrecht, Benno (eds.), L’architettura del mondo. Infrastrutture, mobilità, nuovi paesaggi, exh cat, Bologna: Editrice Compositori
Scelsi, Valter, ‘The Part for the Whole’, Area, n 124, september-october
Gausa, Manuel (ed.), GOA-BCN. Genova Barcelona New Multistring Centralities, Trento- Barcelona: List Lab
Guardare | Maddalena. Nuove Topografie ad ‘Altra’ Fedeltà, exh cat, Genova: DisorderDrama
‘Topografia Collettiva’ in Guardare | Maddalena. Nuove Topografie ad ‘Altra’ Fedeltà, exh cat, Genova: DisorderDrama
Alessandri, Anne, Boscani, Leonardo e Solimano, Sandra (eds.), E Lusine, exh cat, Corte

2011
AA.VV., Milano, un minuto prima. Nuove visioni di una città, exh cat, Roma: Contrasto
Braghieri, Nicola, ‘Sp10studio. Orto concluso e spazio per l’arte’, Casabella, n 799, march
Belgrado, Clelia e Gualco, Caterina (eds.) …Erba e fior che la gonna…, exh cat, Genova: Vision Quest

2010
Ricci, Mosé e Sabini, Maurizio (eds.), The Kent State Forum on the City. The Genoa Lab, Firenze: Alinea

2009
MA Photography 2009 Final Show, exh cat, London

2008
Belgrado, Clelia, Boggiano, Fabrizio, Collettivo 180 Eventi Collaterali, exh cat, Genova: Vision Quest

Public Talks, Lectures & Workshops

2016
Five Piazzas. What Is Public Space?, photography workshop with postgraduate students, Kent State University – Florence program, Italy
Le Sol, final critique at Joint Master of Architecture, HEIA-FR, Fribourg, Switzerland
La Nuit, final critique at Joint Master of Architecture, HEIA-FR, Fribourg, Switzerland
Shooting Space, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Engineering, Italy
Abandoned Heterotopias, talk at Genoa Summer School, Ordine degli Architetti, Genoa, Italy

2015
Landscape, Architecture, Interiors or Whatever, talk at ENAC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
On Photography and Man-Altered Space. Some Scattered Thoughts, talk at ENAC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Inside-Outside San Berillio, workshop with undergraduate students, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Catania, Italy
Atelier de Carte Biographique, workshop with high school students, Lycée Professionnel Jules Antonini, Ajaccio, France

2014
Notes on the City. Addis Ababa’s Urban Changes, talk at Polytechnic University of Milan, Mantua, Italy
How to Look at a City, Museo del Mare, Genoa, Italy
On Abandoned Buildings and Heterotopias. Some Scattered Thoughts, talk at Genoa Summer School, University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy

2013
Looking at Places, talk at Florida International University – Genoa program, Genoa, Italy
Right Here. Addis Abeba ‘Biographical’ Map, talk at Italian Institute of Culture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Looking at Architecture as an Architect, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy
Do you Remember? Three Photographic Projects on Memories, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy

2012
Guardare Maddalena. A Project Between Topography and Photography, talk at Creative Cities – Loggia di Banchi, Genoa, Italy
On Photographing and Interpreting Man-Altered Spaces, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Engineering, Italy
A-Topic Architectures. London Council Houses, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy
Heterotopias and Non-Places, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Engineering, Italy
Guardare Maddalena. A Project Between Topography and Photography, talk at Teatro Altrove, Genoa, Italy

2011
Looking | Walking | Dwelling, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy
A Piazza. Open Spaces, Symbolism and Rust, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Engineering, Italy
On Depiction. Photography as a Cognitive, Interpretative and Planning Means, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy
Looking | Dwelling, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy

2010
Growth, talk at Museo di Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
Zero Panorama, talk at Liceo Classico Beppe Fenoglio, Alba, Italy

2008
Singular Memory in the Collective Building, talk at University of Genoa, Faculty of Architecture, Italy

Curatorial Projects

2012 Guardare | Maddalena, Genoa
2008 Officine Fotografiche | Rétro, Anyway Gallery, Genoa

Grants and Awards

2015 Nominee for the Gabriele Basilico Prize in Architecture and Landscape Photography
Recipient of the grant FRAC Corse, by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication

2014 Artist in Residence Fellowship at FRAC Corse, by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication
Artist in Residence Fellowship at Casa de la Cultura, Santa Fé – La Havana, by ARCI in collaboration with the European Union

2013 Recipient of the grant DE.MO./Movin’up, by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and GAI, Giovani Artisti Italiani

2012 Recipient of the grant I Giovani per i giovani, by the Italian Ministry of Youth in collaboration with the European Union (with the collective DisorderDrama)

Artist’s Residencies and Workshops

2015 Workshop Bent! with Margherita Del Grosso and Edouard Cabay, Genoa, Italy

2014 Artist in Residence at FRAC Corse, Ajaccio, France
Artist in Residence within the programme Urban Symphonies – Exposed Project, DOCVA, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
Artist in Residence at Casa de la Cultura, Santa Fé – La Havana, Cuba
Workshop with A Constructed World, Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy

2013 Artist in Residence at the Italian Cultural Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Artist in Residence at Associazione Culturale Angelo Ruga, Clavesana, Italy

Collections

2015 Private Collection
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2013 Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art
2010 Municipality of Alba